OKX Singapore’s New CEO Says Custodian Arrangements Were ‘Most Important, Most Difficult’ Part of MPI License
Crypto custodianship has been in the spotlight since the collapse of FTX.
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Bitcoin Broke $62K After Fed Rate Cuts. Here’s What Traders Say Will Happen Next
The CoinDesk 20, a measure of the largest digital assets, is up 3.4%. Plus: Polymarket traders have their money on four to five more rate cuts this year.
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Crypto Exchange Bitget Seals ‘Multi-Million Dollar’ Deal with La Liga
“We still haven’t decided” how the partnership with Lionel Messi, which ends this year, will evolve,
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Trump Buys Burgers With Bitcoin at NYC Crypto Hangout PubKey
The former president and Republican nominee sent the transaction with the help of an aide.
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Protocol Village: Civic to Verify Driver IDs for Web3 Car-Rental Platform Rentality, on Base Chain
The latest in blockchain tech upgrades, funding announcements and deals. For the period of Sept. 19-25.
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DeFi Lending Platform Rari Capital Settles SEC Charges
Rari misled investors and offered unregistered securities and broker services, the SEC alleged.
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Arthur Hayes: ‘If They Go 50, That Will Be a Nuclear Catastrophe for Financial Markets’
In an interview with CoinDesk’s Markets Daily, BitMEX co-founder and Maelstrom CIO Arthur Hayes discusses the impact of the Fed cut, how to see the crypto markets shaping out this year, and why he’s investing in Bitcoin Ordinals and inscriptions.
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Fed Cuts Interest Rates by 50 Basis Points, Bitcoin Briefly Hits $61K
Market participants were uncertain about the size of the rate cut prior to the Fed meeting, laying the groundwork for market volatility.
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The Protocol: How Winklevii Taught Dad BTC, Wild Flight to Singapore
Forget the Federal Reserve. The Bitcoin and crypto project news flow is ample (and fascinating) enough to keep us busy. We’ve got the rundown plus $80M of fundraisings. In CoinDesk’s weekly newsletter on blockchain tech.